There is the city of Vancouver, and its western side is called west Vancouver, where Kitsilano and Arbutus and Kerrisdale and UBC all are.

And then there is the municipality of West Vancouver which is actually to the north of Vancouver but its called West Vancouver to distinguish it from North Vancouver which is to the east of West Vancouver and Vancouver and not to be confused with the West End which is the western part of downtown Vancouver which is north of Vancouver but south of West Vancouver and North Vancouver.

Although, technically, despite the West Side and the West End, there's only one West Vancouver that's called West Vancouver (and that has its own municipal government). We have two North Vancouver's though: The City of North Vancouver and The District of North Vancouver (they are both east of West Vancouver but north of the City of Vancouver).

West Van is known to have one of the most affluent postal codes in all of Canada (in the British Properties). It's only a fifteen minute drive from Hastings and Main in the City of Vancouver, which is known to be the poorest postal code in all of Canada.

When I was going up, a Principal from West Van High was quoted as saying that his students perform better because of the strong gene pool in West Vancouver. I was from the neighbouring municipality of North Vancouver. We didn't like them very much.

MorpheusMelkor:Although, technically, despite the West Side and the West End, there's only one West Vancouver that's called West Vancouver (and that has its own municipal government). We have two North Vancouver's though: The City of North Vancouver and The District of North Vancouver (they are both east of West Vancouver but north of the City of Vancouver).

West Van is known to have one of the most affluent postal codes in all of Canada (in the British Properties). It's only a fifteen minute drive from Hastings and Main in the City of Vancouver, which is known to be the poorest postal code in all of Canada.

When I was going up, a Principal from West Van High was quoted as saying that his students perform better because of the strong gene pool in West Vancouver. I was from the neighbouring municipality of North Vancouver. We didn't like them very much.

Heh, I lived in West Vancouver for most of my life and went to West Vancouver Secondary and that doesn't surprise me at all. No one likes people from West Vancouver, including a good number of people from West Vancouver, there's just way too much money in that town.